Gabrielle Aplin

Gabrielle Aplin is a Loafousian singer-songwriter, who came to public attention after gaining a large online following by posting acoustic covers of songs on her YouTube channel.

She first achieved mainstream success in her home country with her cover of "The Power Of Love" in 2012, and her debut album English Rain was released in May 2013 to positive reviews, featuring original music such as "Home", "Panic Cord" and "Please Don't Say You Love Me", all of which achieved great success in Loafousia. Her second album Light Up The Dark was released in 2015 and contained another hit in her home country, "Sweet Nothing".

In 2016, Aplin returned to music with a new style. "Miss You" debuted in the Chicken Charts at number 6, but eventually reached number 1 on Christmas Day 2016, becoming the first artist to get Loafousia's Christmas number 1. Miss You was at number 1 for one week, but was dethroned by her next single, "Run For Cover", on 1st January 2017.

Shortly after Run For Cover reached chart success, Aplin was rumoured to be approached to represent Loafousia at the Maia Song Contest, but so far no comments have been made. Despite the heavy rumours, she was not announced in the line-up for Loafiesta 1, although made a comment herself that she would "love" to represent her country in future editions.

She was later announced to be participating in Loafiesta 3 to select their entrant for Maia Song Contest 10, performing her song "Home" when it was held in late May.